PDF knitting pattern IRON SKY

This knitting pattern creates a beautiful shawl that captures the image of a soaring bird, symbolizing the essence of freedom and lightness. With its elegant design, this pattern invites you to craft a piece that embodies grace and movement, perfect for those who appreciate both art and meaning in their knitting.

*Language*: ENGLISCH

*Skill level*: needs a bit of experience

*Techniques used*: Stranded Knitting worked flat, slipped stitches. All used techniques are well explained in the pattern with pictures and links to tutorials.

The center piece of the shawl is worked flat and in rows with the Stranded Knitting Technique. The pattern includes a full color chart for that. Please print these pages with a good printer as the color changes are very subtle sometimes. A poor print might make it hard to work from the chart.
Stitches are picked up on both sides of the shawl and are then worked with short rows to shape the wings. You only use one color per row, some Garter Stitch and slipped stitches to create the colorful fabric. This part is easy and very much fun to knit as well.
The final part is the seam and it is knit with the Stranded Technique again. These rows are very long, so you might need a bit more time for them then you have anticipated. But it frames the beauty and hard work you have given into your artwork so far.

FINISHED SIZE

Measurement of shawl shown on picture: total wingspan (76.75”) 195 cm and and (41.25”) 105 cm sideways after blocking.

YARN

The whole shawl is knit with  ‘Holst supersorft 100 % Uld’ (575 m/627 yds per 100 g/3.5 oz); 2 ply

A detailed list of all 13 colors of the blue version of the shawl is part of the pattern.

The brown version is knit with self hand-dyed yarn and waste yarn, so it is impossible to give you a detailed list. I added a picture for yarn suggestion below.

NEEDLES

US 3 (3, 25 mm) set of doubled pointed interchangeable circular needles and three cables 39” (100 cm) that can be connected. I advice the Hyia Hyia needles. The rows of the seam are very long so you might as well use more than one needle.

GAUGE

24 sts and 32 rows = 4″ in Stranded Knitting Technique.

HOW TO DOWNLOAD

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